Hose-supporter.



PAT'EILITED SEPT. 6, 19014.

M. B. HAMMOND.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION rum) APR. 4, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES:

INVENTOR 712 liflizmmwzcz ATTO EY UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forining part of Letters Patent N 0. 769,217, dat j",

Teptember 6, 1904.

Application filed April 4, 1904. Serial No. 201,494. (No model.)

..To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MYRON B. HAMMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporters;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to stocking-supporters such as are capable of attachment to the front of a corset near the point where the sections'of the corset meet in front, and has for its object to provide a simple and effective ole.- vice of this description; and with these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of construction, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically designated by the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure l is a front elevation showing my improved-stocking-supporters attached to a corset;-Fig. 2, a detail front elevation of one ofthe pads composing my improvement, and Fig. 3 a; section at the line as of Fig. 2.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Heretofore stocking-supporters comprising duplicate pad elements at their upper extremities have been secured to the lower edges of the front portion of a corset by means of suitable clasps; but in these supporters the pad elements have been uniformly composed of some soft flexible material, while the fastening-clamps have been attached to the extreme upper edges of the pads. In utilizing these prior constructions the strain on the pads has caused the upper edges thereof to become distorted and the pads themselves have readily been pulled out of shape, so that they no longer couldlie smoothly and. closely against the abdomen of the wearer.

My present improvement contemplates reinforced pads whose upper extremities shall extend beneath v the corset at the lower edges thereof and in the im mediate rear of the clamping elements, so that a firm backing will always be provided at the upper portion of the pads and in the rear of the clamping devices, whereby the pads themselves will remain fixed in position and will not become wrinkled and distorted and will lie firmly and closely against the person of the wearer. v

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 2 represent the sections of a corset; 3 4, the duplicate pads; 5 6, the tapes dependingfrom said pads, and 7 8 the stocking-engaging mem bers, connected to the lower ends of said tapes. The upper portions of these pads are provided with a suitable stiffening material, which is designated by the numeral 9 with respect to .the pad 3 and the numeral 10 with respect to the pad 4, and as these pads are exactly alike I will only describethe construction of the pad 4, which is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The stiffening material is formed by several plies of fabric stiffened by means of starch or otherwise, or said stiffening element can be made of leather or, in fact, any suitable material. The stiffening element is secured by sewing or otherwise directly to the rear face of the upper portion of the pad, while the clamping devices are secured to the front face of the pad'in such manner that the extreme upper portion of the stiffening element forms a flap which extends beyond the clamping devices and in the immediate rear thereof. Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, this stiffening element 10 is secured to the upper portion of the pad 4 and extends beyond and in the immediate rear ofthe clamping devices 12, which latter are secured to the upper edge of the flexible pad 4,-so that the pad as a whole will be free to move inward or outward by reason of the flexible connectionbetween the clamping device and the pad 4.

In attaching my improvement to a corset the lower edges of the latter are inserted between the jaws ofthe clamp, while the upper portion of the stiffening element extends in the immediate rear of the corset and is perfectly free from the latter, as shown in dotted lines at Fig. 1, so that it will be clear that my improvement has all 'the advantages of a flexible pad so far as the connection with the corset is concerned, while at the same time the stiffening element will afford a substantial backing, which aids in keeping the pads in position without becoming wrinkled or distorted.

I have illustrated the pad 3 provided with 5 two clamping devices 11, and the pad 4 pro- 10 vices themselves are concerned the particular construction thereof is immaterial and forms no part of my present invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 5 Patent, is

A hose-supporter consisting of independent duplicate members adapted to be secured to a corset, said members comprising soft flexible pads, stiii' backings secured to the rear faces of the upper portions of said pads, clamps secured to the upper edges of said flexible pads at points below the upper edge of said stiii' portion whereby said clamps may be attached to the lower edges of said corset while the stiff portions will extend inside the corset and are free therefrom, and stockingengaging elements secured to and depending from the lower flexible ends of said pads.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MYRON B. HAMMON l).

Witnesses:

F. SMITH, J12,

M. T. LONGDEN. 

